Transcript Are You Prepared? - Office of Emergency Management

Office of Emergency
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A Brief Overview of Emergency Management
April 2006
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The Spartanburg County Office of Emergency Management
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Agenda
Define emergency management.
Define hazards, emergencies, and disasters.
Describe the process of community hazard analysis.
Describe the 4 phases of emergency management.
Define the role of local emergency management
Outline the Mission of the Organization
Outline Services provided by Emergency Management
Supplemental Resources
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Emergency Management Defined
An organized analysis, planning, decision making, and assignment
of available resources to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and
recover from the effects of all hazards.”
All Hazards
Mitigation
All
Partners
Recovery
Preparedness
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All
Phases
Response
All Resources
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Hazard Defined:
“A dangerous event or
circumstance that has the
potential to lead to an
emergency or disaster.”
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Types of Hazards:
Natural Hazards--caused by natural
events.
Technological hazards--caused by
the tools, machines, and substances
we use in our everyday life including
man-made events involving
hazardous materials.
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Emergency vs. Disaster
Emergency
“A dangerous event that can normally be
managed at the local level.”
Disaster
“A dangerous event that causes significant
human and economic loss and demands a
crisis response beyond the scope of any
single agency or service.”
Difference is the level of response
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Community Hazard Analysis
Defined:
“Analysis of the hazards posing the
greatest risk to a community in a
systematic manner.”
Examine past history of
emergencies
Identify all hazards
Identify risks
Determine vulnerabilities
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Vulnerability Assessment (Example)
High
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Low
LOW Impact
HIGH Likelihood
Transportation
Accident (Air,
Rail)
LOW Impact
LOW Likelihood
Dam Failure
IMPACT
HIGH Impact
HIGH Likelihood
Flooding
HIGH Impact
LOW Likelihood
Nuclear Attack
High
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4 Phases of Emergency Management
Mitigation
Recovery
Preparedness
Response
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4 Phases of Emergency Management (Cont)
Mitigation: Prevention or lessening
repeated impacts
Preparedness: Maintaining, improving
plans. Training & Exercising plans.
Response: Coordination and managing
emergency response.
Recovery: Damage Assessment.
Restoring damage to pre-disaster
condition.
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What is the role of local
emergency management?
To establish policies and procedures
which will assure the maximum and
most effective utilization of all resources
in the county, minimize the loss of life
and/or injury to the population, and
protect and conserve the resources and
facilities in Spartanburg County during
emergencies resulting from natural
disasters or man-induced technological
hazards.
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Our Mission
To establish policies and procedures which will assure the maximum and most effective utilization of all
resources in the county, minimize the loss of life and/or injury to the population, and protect and
conserve the resources and facilities in
Spartanburg County during emergencies resulting from natural disasters or man induced technological
hazards.
It is the policy of the Emergency Preparedness Office to be prepared for any emergency or disaster.
Emergency response personnel, equipment, and facilities will be maintained in a state of
readiness to save lives, prevent or minimize damage to property, and provide assistance to all
people who are threatened by an emergency or who becomes victims of any disaster.
Emergency Operations will be coordinated to the maximum.
The Office of Emergency Preparedness has a five-fold mission:
1.
To warn of impending danger;
2.
When required, support local agencies with timely, effective deployment of resources;
3.
Through the public information process, keep affected residents informed about the situation and
how they can protect themselves;
4.
Coordinate and direct restoration and recovery operations when local government resources are
exhausted; and
5.
Assess local needs and coordinate support from the State of South Carolina and the federal
government as necessary and appropriate.
The Office of Emergency Management will provide for: the protection, in the county in order to; minimize
damage, injury, and loss of life resulting from any type disaster; provide for the continuity of
government; and provide for damage assessment and survey of damage, private and public,
resulting from such emergency.
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Emergency Management Functions
Mitigation
Coordinate mitigation
plans
Work with Building and
Fire Codes
Educate the public about
mitigation activities
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Emergency Management Functions
Preparedness:
Provide 24/7 Emergency Response
Capabilities
Maintain the Emergency Operations Center
Provide Homeland Security Coordination
and Planning
Coordinate State and Federal Grant Funds
Educate the public
Develop emergency response plans
(evacuation, re-entry, EOC, etc)
Maintain a Comprehensive Emergency
Operations Plan for the entire County
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Emergency Operations Plan does the following:
establishes the policies and procedures by which the
County will coordinate response to disasters impacting
Spartanburg County and its citizens.
describes how the County will mobilize resources and
conduct activities to guide and support local government
efforts through preparedness, response, recovery, and
mitigation planning.
utilizes the Emergency Support Function (ESF) concept to
marshal and apply resources and describes the
responsibilities of county and state agencies in executing
effective response and recovery operations.
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Emergency Management Functions
Preparedness:
Maintain essential databases
Resources, volunteers, shelters, tier II facilities,
chemical inventories, emergency contacts, marplot
data, and more!!
Build Teams (LEPC, Donated Resource Group,
Emergency Animal Response, etc)
Assist with and conduct exercises/training to increase
the efficiency of emergency response personnel
Facilitate compliance with the Emergency Planning and
Community Right to Know Act
Maintain and Coordinate the Spartanburg County
Haz-Mat and Cobra Teams.
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Emergency Management Functions
Response:
Provide on-scene response coordination
Are Responsible for the Emergency
Alert and Warning Systems
Access essential databases
Provide Homeland Security
Coordination and Planning
Coordinate the Spartanburg County
Haz-Mat and Cobra Teams.
Activate Emergency Operations
Center
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EOC Activation
The Spartanburg County EOC serves as the central clearinghouse for
information collection and coordinating response and recovery resources
within the county, including those municipalities within the county.
The EOC will be activated and staffed at the direction of the Office of
Emergency Management Director or Assistant Director. Activation levels
utilized by the Spartanburg County EOC are:
Full – All ESFs will be activated. Activation will occur
at OPCON 1 and 2 and may occur at OPCON 3.
Limited – Selected ESFs will be activated. Activation
will normally occur at OPCON 3, but could occur at
OPCON 4.
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OPCON Levels Of Readiness
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Day-to-day operations to include normal training
and exercises.
Possibility of an emergency or disaster situation that
may require partial or full activation of the
Emergency Operating Center (EOC).
Disaster or emergency situation likely or imminent.
Full or partial activation of the EOC; activate the
Spartanburg County Emergency Operations Plan.
Disaster or emergency situation in effect; maximum
preparedness level; full activation of the EOC.
Disaster or emergency situation in effect; full-fledge
emergency response operations ongoing; highest
level of emergency operations.
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Emergency Management Functions
Recovery:
Provide recovery coordination
Link the County to mutual aid and
regional, state, and federal
assistance, if we run short of
emergency resources
Resources
Running Dry
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Supplemental Resources
MONEY
PERSONNEL
EQUIPMENT
By way of:
-Mutual aid agreements
-Non-Profit/Volunteer Groups
-Private Sector resources
-State disaster assistance
-Federal disaster assistance
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How can you become a resource?
•Open the floor for discussion
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Questions or Comments?